Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (Næʍābzādāh Liāqat Alī Khān listen , Urdu: لِیاقت علی خان ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), widely known as Quaid-e-Millat (Leader of the Nation) and Shaheed-e-Millat (Urdu: شہِیدِ مِلّت Martyr of the Nation), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan. He became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan; he also held cabinet portfolio as the first foreign, defence, and the frontier regions minister from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. Prior to the partition, Khan briefly tenured as the first finance minister in the interim government led by its Governor General Mountbatten.
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1 October 1896 Karnal, Punjab, British India
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16 October 1951 (aged 55) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
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Zodiac | Libra |
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